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Started by Kenshin, August 17, 2012, 02:16:55 PM

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Kenshin

Think fast: There's an electric train traveling south. The wind is from the north-west. In which direction would the smoke from the train be blowing?

BrokenShards

Is the train on fire? If not, then their wouldn't be any.
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Mr Bigglesworth

Perhaps if the conductor has climbed onto the top of the engine for his smoke break.

BrokenShards

Or it's an electric train carrying smoke machines to the annual smoke machine convention and the people in charge of the machines have decided to test them all at once.

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Love And Submission

No way. The train has clearly been derailed and thrown down on the city of Tokyo by Godzilla hours ago.


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Mr Bigglesworth

So Tokyo is now littered with running smoke machines?  Which way is the smoke travelling now?

BrokenShards

I think, like the train, we have derailed from the initial post.

Also if Godzilla is involved, we are only a few celebrities away from the ultimate showdown. 
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chivalrousdeviant

I have Batman's and Chuck Norris's numbers, lets get this thing set up. :D

Also, if no one minds, I'm going to post another riddle. :)

We are all very little creatures; all of us have different features.  One of us in glass is set; one of us you’ll find in jet.  Another you may see in tin, and a fourth is boxed within.  If the fifth you should pursue, it can never fly from you.  What are we?

“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.”  - Neil Gaiman

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chivalrousdeviant

Yep! :)

Here, have another.

I pass before the sun but make no shadow.  What am I?

“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.”  - Neil Gaiman

BrokenShards

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chivalrousdeviant

Not technically, although you could argue it! I'd say no, because it comes from the sun rather than passing before it. :) The answer I was thinking of was wind. :)

“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.”  - Neil Gaiman

LordHarketh193

Quote from: Kenshin on August 17, 2012, 02:16:55 PM
Think fast: There's an electric train traveling south. The wind is from the north-west. In which direction would the smoke from the train be blowing?

East?




I'm small but i can survive in the desert.
I'm like the desert ground and I'm a carnivore but if need be I'll eat vegetation.
What am i?

Daoine Sidhe

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LordHarketh193

nope.
think bigger but not too big.

Daoine Sidhe

The runt of a giant scorpion litter?
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LordHarketh193

nope, do you give in?

Oniya

Coyote?  I've heard that they'll raid for watermelons.
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LordHarketh193

nope.

here's a hint.

"I'm small but i can survive in the desert.
I'm like the desert ground and I'm a carnivore but if need be I'll eat vegetation.
What am i?"

Small.
Desert animal.
Carnivore and herbivore.
Blends in well with surroundings.

Oniya

"Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women.~*~*~Don't think it's all been done before
And in that endeavor, laziness will not do." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Don't think we're never gonna win this war
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Daoine Sidhe

I'm standing by my giant scorpion runt.  I say he's good enough.  Also, fairly cute.  You know... minus the giant venomous stinger.
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LordHarketh193

haha XD


yer scorpians are cute but thats not it.

Here's another hint.

Big ears.
Covered in fur.

Oniya

I think you missed my post.   :-(
"Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women.~*~*~Don't think it's all been done before
And in that endeavor, laziness will not do." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Don't think we're never gonna win this war
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LordHarketh193

no but i don't speak latin so i dunno what you put.

Daoine Sidhe

Coyote?  Pretty sure they only eat meat, though...  Vulpes is fox-related.  So... I'm guessing a desert fox?  (Yes, I'm cheating off of Lady Oniya's answer, since I don't want to look it up.)

P.S.  I really like the word "vulpine."  It sounds so sexy.
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LordHarketh193

If she's put "something fox" then she'll need to write it in english not latin.


And its not that XD

give in yet?

Oniya

#26
I merely put its scientific name

Anyways, that's more trivia than a riddle.
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LordHarketh193

I was too lazy too look up the name.
and it is that kind of fox.

Well it wasn't said the first time so it went on.

Daoine Sidhe

Well, I've given my answer, and I ain't changing it.

So... my riddle!

"A man was outside taking a walk when it began to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?"
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LordHarketh193

the man was standing under a tree?

Oniya

#30
He had something in common with
this man?
Patrick Stewart
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Daoine Sidhe

Er, I can't see the picture, so I don't know.  :P  And no, he wasn't under a tree.  He was taking a walk, after all, not a stand.  :P
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Oniya

Replaced the picture.
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LordHarketh193

He was walking under a shelter?

Daoine Sidhe

Quote from: Oniya on June 26, 2013, 10:53:45 AM
Replaced the picture.

Yes, he has something in common.

Quote from: LordHarketh193 on June 26, 2013, 06:56:08 PM
He was walking under a shelter?
No.  :P
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LordHarketh193

i dunno.

had a umbrella over his head?

Daoine Sidhe

Lemme know if you give up.  :-)
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Yukina

Was he wearing a bald cap? (technically not a hat)


Oniya

You're making it a wee bit too complicated.

Think of the direction the smoke goes on an electric train.
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And in that endeavor, laziness will not do." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Don't think we're never gonna win this war
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Daoine Sidhe

:P  Miss Oniya has the right idea.  :-)

By the way, Mr. Yugi, I love the dancing Gir.
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Yukina

Thank you for the compliment.


RainyHigh

Ah! This has happened to me before on one of my first days back to school after summer. It wasn't even raining. Someone drove by a puddle and splashed him with water!
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Oniya

Bald.  He's bald.  Not a hair on his head got wet because there wasn't any hair to get wet, just like there's no smoke from an electric train.
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Daoine Sidhe

Lol.  Yes, yes indeed.  Oniya, I think it's your turn to leave a riddle.  Boggle our minds!  Doesn't take much with me...
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Oniya

I tolerate the moon and stars,
I can't abide the sun,
Banish me with torch light
And you'll see me turn and run.

What am I?
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And in that endeavor, laziness will not do." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Don't think we're never gonna win this war
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Daoine Sidhe

I'm gonna say night or darkness.  ;D
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"Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women.~*~*~Don't think it's all been done before
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Daoine Sidhe

We seem to be the only ones playing this anymore...  A pity.  It's fun.

Nail, computer, row.  What do these have in common?

(It's crappy, I know, but I made it up myself.)
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FroreQueen

I have no idea on you're riddle! Do you mean a nail that you put in the wall or the nail of a finger? Clarification might help, doubtful but hopefully.
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Quote from: FroreQueen on July 14, 2013, 04:03:34 AM
I have no idea on you're riddle! Do you mean a nail that you put in the wall or the nail of a finger? Clarification might help, doubtful but hopefully.

Riddles often rely on that kind of ambiguity.  That said, your question made me briefly consider 'digit', but that doesn't work for 'row'.
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Daoine Sidhe

Nope on both counts.  :-)  As I rethink it, it's not as good as I thought.  I'll try a slightly different arrangement:

Nail, computer, paper.  :-)  That works better.  (Think of 2-word phrases.)
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AceDetective

They're all on your fingers tips? That's crazy, I know.  :-\

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Daoine Sidhe

I... guess I killed the topic.  The answer was (foolishly) they're all kinds of files.  Nail file, computer file, paper file... :P
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FroreQueen

Actually that was rather brilliant. Needing a few more hints, but a well versed riddle none the less. Now, I have one for you. A favorite of mine:

In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back.

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LordHarketh193

LOL that was easy XD

FroreQueen

Easy you say? Well then how about this one, my lovies.

Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it wants it not. What is it?
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A super detailed introduction to me:
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Daoine Sidhe

Heh.

I have no clue.  A spanking?  No, wait... that's not right...
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Oniya

It's very similar to another riddle I know, only that one isn't about something that you know.

I'm going to guess 'history'?
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FroreQueen

-Laughs- No, but amusing guesses.

Ready? Drum-roll please = Counterfeit Money!
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LordHarketh193

Pfft who doesn't want money, who cares if its illeagal.
take over the country and make it leagal win win situation XD


Okay i have one for you.


I see not what i need but hear what i say, i see nothing infront of me but i walk on the street, i hear only words that are for me to hear and i smell nothing.
Where and what am i?

Daoine Sidhe

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